Program Highlights and Schedules for July - September 2007
Program # Feed Date Title  
07-27 7/5/07 Leahy in Concert, Part 2
The conclusion of a concert by the 8-sibling Canadian band, taped exclusively for Celtic Connections.
  
07-28 7/12/07 New Releases
Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for his monthly roundup of new and recent songs & tunes from the Celtic traditions.
  
07-29 7/19/07 Songs of Stephen Foster
This week we celebrate the songs of Stephen Foster, born July 4, 1826 in Pennsylvania. Many of the recent recordings of his songs are by Celtic performers, but we will also see what American singers are doing to help new listeners become familiar with his songs.
  
07-30 7/26/07 Fresh From Ireland
Your host, Bryan Kelso Crow, is just back from an expedition to Ireland earlier this month, and he couldn't resist bringing back CDs that are not readily available in the US. This week you get to hear his newest discoveries.
   
07-31 8/2/07 New Releases
What's new? What's hot? Or better yet, what's cool? Tune in this week to hear some of the latest songs & tunes by leading Celtic performers.
  
07-32 8/9/07 Child Ballads VII
This is the seventh in our occasional series highlighting the ancient ballads of Scotland and England, as documented by Harvard Professor Francis Child in the late 1800s. The songs are being kept alive by today's recording artists, in arrangements that give them a fresh coat of paint.
  
07-33 8/16/07 Music of Many Lands
How many countries can we represent in an hour of musical selections? This week's program will include music from a number of western European lands in addition to those that are considered the major Celtic lands.
  
07-34 8/23/07 Matt & Shannon Heaton in Concert
Boston-based Irish musicians Matt & Shannon Heaton recently played to a packed house in our studio, and this week we bring you highlights of their flute, guitar, and vocal work, with a cameo appearance on an additional flute by host Bryan Kelso Crow.
  
07-35 8/30/07 New Releases
Songs and tunes from recent CDs from the Celtic traditions are featured in this week's program.
  
07-36 9/6/07 Mandolin Magic
Bluegrass mandolin player Mark Stoffel joins Bryan Kelso Crow to discuss and introduce recordings by some of the leading Celtic and American mandolin performers.
  
07-37 9/13/07 A History of Irish Tenors
The Irish tenor is not a new phenomenon. The current trios of tenors are just the latest in a long string of highly popular Irish singers going back to the earliest days of recordings when John McCormack was all the rage. This week we look into the history of this unique singing tradition.
  
07-38 9/20/07 The Dog and Pony Show
All the songs and tunes in this week's program feature our canine and equine friends in their titles or contents.
  
07-39 9/27/07 Old Favorites
We raid the CD library this week for favorite performers and recordings of the past several decades.




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